Mission 06 : Mistrust
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
French Wineyard, undisclosed location. Total Mission Time : 4 Days
Dante dashed to Naruto and sighed, saying "Why'd you ruin my fun, I was just about to show her my dark side." Naruto chuckles and said "I was ordered to eliminate Diva before the concert, Ray changed the plan." Dante then replied "Cut to the chase, what's the story with Ray, he's always vague and cocky. This entire ideal about the Immortals seems inconsistent." Naruto chuckles and said "I know that Dexter told you about the true goal, but rest assured we hav-" Dante interrupted Naruto and said "That's not what I meant, I meant what's your story about him, how far back do you two go."
Naruto sighed and said "Ray and I are friends, been friends since I turned seventeen, he helped me defeat someone who was trying to warp the minds of everyone on my planet with a genjustu known as Tsuki no mei. At first he seemed like just a normal person giving information, but when we were ambushed by enemy shinobi, he wiped them out and sealed them within ten seconds."
Dante sighed and said "So he's a shinobi, wouldnt Dexter know the difference between an unknown and a shinobi?" Naruto replied "Yes, he would. But Ray is not just a shinobi, he says he is what is properly known as a Shinjin. According to him, Shinjin construct enclosed regions of space, or pocket universes. In these pocket universes the Shinjin who formed it is essentially God, they can alter or rewrite the laws of physics, or even construct matter out of nothing." Dante then says "So he is like Haruhi." Naruto grins and says "No. Haruhi is not a shinjin in the literal word. Shinjin is a Japanese buddhist word meaning one who has awakened. It was used to explain the powers of one of Haruhi's ancestors, who was the "Lighting God" that one samurai slashed with his blade, in simple terms. Haruhi is both a Shinjin and not a Shinjin." Dante scratches his head in confusion as Saya, Haji and David rush to the scene. David aims his Magnum, Saya has her blade ready and Haji is waiting to throw his iron coffin at either Dante or Naruto.
Dante turns around and says "Hey hey, I just saved your asses. I'm on your side." Saya replies "This was none of your business, why did you interfere!" Naruto then says "On the contrary, this is our business. Our orders are to keep you alive and to terminate your sister, so far both objectives have been completed." Saya grips her blade tighter then places it in her sheath then turns her head to David and Haji and says "We'll trust them, for now. I need to know what's going on." David and Haji nod their heads and stand down.
Naruto then says "Come on, we'll take you to see our leader, also. Dante, Ray personally want's to meet you alone after they talk."
60 feet below the Eifel tower, Ray's private quarters. Total Mission Time : 6 Days
Dante entered the room as Ray put some papers in his desk's center drawer. Dante then said "You wanted to see me?" Ray nodded and said "I understand there is some misunderstanding and mistrust between us. So I'll make a bet with you." Dante replies "I'm horrible with gambling."
Ray grins and says "True, but you're good at fighting." Dante nods and says "What is this bet?" Ray replies "This is the bet, You beat me in a spar and I'll tell you. But if you lose, you'll follow my orders and get paid 100,000 dollars once you are no longer of use." Dante sighs and says "Fine, where do we fight?" Ray says "10 feet up you passed an open room with four terrain types, water, dirt, rocks and grass. That's a training zone." Dante nods and says "Let's do this now."
50 feet below the Eifel Tower, Primary Training Room. Total Mission Time : 6 Days
Ray and Dante stood on opposite sides of the battlefield, glass windows on the upper sides of the room implied that people were watching.
A mechanical voice said "Begin". With that word Dante drew Rebellion from his back and sent a driver towards Ray only to go right through him as if he wasn't there. Ray turned around and grabbed Dante's trenchcoat from behind and with superhuman strength and seemingly adhesive hands and threw him across the battlefield behind him. Dante Recovered from the impact rather quickly and blocked a Katana which would have hit him had he not reacted fast enough. Ray jumped back a distance and held the blade in reverse hold and behind his back as lighting began to cackle around it.
Dante also held his blade behind him and a red aura and electrical bolts formed around it. Both slashed their blades midair, a massive dark purple energy arc flew from Ray's blade, whilst a burst of red energy slamming across the ground flew from Dante's blade. Both jumped up as their attacks canceled eachother out. Dante drew Ivory and Ebony and barraged Ray with a hailstorm of bullets which simply went behind him. Ray responded as he dropped to the ground by twirling around and rapidly drawing a M870 Combat Shotgun, firing it single-handedly and sending a burst of buckshot which were hyperconducted with incredible amounts of electricity. Dante dashed three times to his right as the charged buckshot flew across where he was.
Dante shaped Rebellion into Agni and Rudra and began slashing the air, sending blasts of wind and fire towards Ray who began deflecting by using martial arts to take control of the blasts and direct them away from him. The seemingly dance of combat continued for minutes as they changed positions many times and the result was the same, Dante sent an onslaught of elemental attacks which Ray redirected to his sides.
Dante shaped Agni and Rudra into Cerberus and slammed two of the three ends into the ground which sent hundreds of ice slags towards Ray who dashed to his left four times. Dante was tired of the tedious combat and began to rush at Ray seriously, sending literally thousands of attacks from Cerberus at a superhuman pace, to which Ray blocked them with his Katana or evaded them also at superhuman speeds, both parties becoming agitated at the battle's length.
Both of the fighters dashed back from eachother and energy began to swirl around both of them. Dante exploded with a red sphere of demonic energy and was in a demonic form, Rebellion in hand. Ray's glowed with the Rinnegan in his eyes and dark purple flames covered most of his body.
Ray slammed the ground causing an earthquake to speed at Dante who took flight and air-dashed at Ray with Rebellion. Ray flickered behind Dante and slammed his clenched fists into Dante's Back which sent him flying vertically into the ground despite him being in a Devil Trigger state. Fangs began to grow on Ray's teeth and his fingers shaped and hardened into talons. Ray then dropped his hands to the ground as if they were forelegs. Dante recovered from the impact and rushed at Ray dragging Rebellion across the ground at high speeds.
Ray spiraled around like a ball and sent both his feet flying at Dante as he slashed Rebellion forward at Ray. The clash sliced off Ray's left lower lag and sent Dante flying across the room right into the wall. As Dante recovered he notices Ray pulling out a green energy orb and he crushes it over his leg, causing it to regenerate. Ray then rushes at Dante, holding his Katana in reverse hold once more. Dante flies high up and Ray slashes the air, sending a crescent shaped burst of compressed air at Dante. Dante strongly flaps his demonic wings at the air slice, sending a blast of air which cancels out the slice and proceeds to slam Ray into the ground.
Dante turns human and twirls to his front, holding Rebellion out straight and he uses his free hand to use a reversed air hike, sending him driving to the ground as he grabs the hilt of Rebellion with his second hand.
Ray is heavily impacted by the strike and appears immobile as Dante puts Rebellion on his back while saying "Now that was a party.". Suddenly Ray explodes in a cloud of smoke and Dante turns around to see Ray clapping on the other side of the room. Ray then says "Excellent job Dante, I knew you were capable but to be able to defeat one of my Supreme Kage-Bunshin. Now that is beyond my expectations." Dante sighs and says "Technically I defeated you, cough up the truth." Ray nods and says "As Naruto said, I am a Shinjin and am able to construct regions of closed space. But Shinjin also have the ability to rewrite the existing Universe, as it technically is a pocket universe itself. The term pocket Universe refers to a bubble in a bubble, hence not a parallel universe but more like a micro-universe. I intend to build a team of immortals to break through the Integrated Data Thought Entity's Terminals and infiltrate Suzumiya's school so I can do something I need to do." Dante then asks "Aren't you a Shinjin, can't you do this yourself?"
Ray sighs and says "Yes I'm a Shinjin but I can't use this power yet. In order for Shinjin to have full access to their abilities they need to be pressed both emotionally and physically to their extremes, or basically, have their life threatened." Dante then says "So basically you need to fight to the death, yet you could easily have done that here." Ray shakes his head and says "Supreme Kage-Bunshin fight only at 40% of your true strength. This sounds cocky but I could easily defeat you if I had access to all my capabilities."
Dante nods and says "Haruhi uses her powers unknowingly, does this require the same stresses?" Ray shakes his head and says "No, this only requires emotional stress, since I haven't been at such Emotional stress levels I don't unknowingly use my power. Suzumiya was extremely traumatized once. When her parents were murdered right before her eyes." Dante's face expresses shock and he then says "Murdered? But in the anim-" Ray interrupts and says "It happened two years after she went to the baseball game, the person calls hiimself Fujiwara." Dante sighs and says "The guy in the light novels. The sneering bastard as Kyon said. Saya is safe, what's the next goal?"
Ray walks to Dante and hands him another map then says "We're to recruit another person into the Immortals, her name is Asakura Ryoko, she was last seen in Canada. Dexter has confirmed that she is a IDTE Detached Terminal and is in Canada at this time. Jack will aid you in tracking her down and he'll keep any interference away, you can deal with Ryoko yourself, she won't cooperate at first but I'm sure you can beat her up enough so that she will get our point." Dante nods and asks "When do we leave?"
To be continued..